Use of Variational Assimilation of Multi-platform Observations for an Optimal Description of the Vertical Phytoplankton Dynamics in the Mediterranean Sea

Anna Teruzzi, Laura Mariotti, Gianpiero Cossarini, Stefano Salon, Alessandro Crise and Cosimo Solidoro, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy